weeyin

Pick your Man Least Likely to be Dropped for the Cup Game of the Match.

Remember the days when we used to concede 65% possession and win?

I had no problem with him shooting there - but he really needed to hit the target.

Playing beside O'Donnell used to make him look faster.

Just when I think I've finally worked out the rules for which team wears their change kit...

And his shooting was still poor to middling. At his best, he was a 4 league goals a season kind of player, and he's scored 3 league goals for Luton in 2022 (3 in 4 weeks in fact).

It's not that bad. Last season we won one, lost one and drew two. This season we have won one and lost one.

Wee Al opens the scoring for Luton. Either he's getting better at shooting or the defences in England are mince.

I think that's a large part of it. The hassle of getting to and from the ground is probably a close second. And the fact that these days the game is almost always on the telly adds to the attraction of staying away.

*sounds of a thousand "Bairns" jokes being crafted on Twitter*

van Veen.

Make your pick - and pretend we were saving ourselves for Wednesday.

I might be the outlier here, but I'm actually quite happy that we're 4th.

Getting the last 5 minutes to savour the win.

All finished nicely. A free hit for us tomorrow. Any points (however unlikely) a huge bonus. Lose, and we're still 4th.

Noticed Louis Moult gets a start for Burton Albion today.

Was reading through the accounts today and was interested in the revenue for our European games. Income from UEFA was £774,812 for our matches, plus another £210,000 from the UEFA solidarity payments - giving a total of £984,812. Our expenses for competing in the Europa League (travel & hotel costs) were £115,000. So our earnings from our short-lived campaign were £869,812. That's a decent return for the Betfred Cup Group stage alternative.

It's been about 2 months since Celtic beat us 1 - 0 on their own patch. While I'm not expecting points in this game, there is no reason to think we can't compete. The whole "Donnelly is pish" thing is as insightful as the whole "Lamie is pish" thing and the whole "Mugabi is pish" thing. They all do OK if they are played in the right position in the right formation. (And I haven't forgotten when steelboy wrote off Higdon as pish too).

There seems to be quite a few managers and clubs who think they'll be the ones that can sort him out. Queens Park were the early favourites, and then Falkirk. Earlier this week St Johnstone were in the mix and then St Mirren showed an interest after Brophy was injured.

We need to play a high press, high energy one to keep this competitive. The one plus is Celtic won't be as pumped up to play us as they were Rangers. They are still the best team in Scotland right now, however, so I'm not expecting much in the way of points. For anyone living in the US, I see our game is live on CBS Sports at 8:30 EST.

St Johnstone, too, they were reporting this morning.

There's no doubt Griffiths was a top class striker. I'd be amazed, however, if he ever performs at that level again as he just isn't managing what appears to be mental health issues. Sadly, I've seen nothing in the past few years that suggests he's likely to fare any better with any other team. On one hand, playing football probably gives him a level of comfort and stability he needs. On the other hand, walking away from football for a year or two to focus entirely on his health might be exactly what he needs.

Surprisingly (and impressively) good given the environment we were operating in.

Aye, Booo the new young player. Booo. He's not even up to speed yet, and was an enforced sub, but BOOOOOOOO. BOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Not sure what happened with that, but we voted against too. However, the report I read said the 5 subs was going ahead.